Talk: Cooperation

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lots of cooperating

This is a confusing article. As of this writing, all it says is that it's a Sesame Street song, it was written by Pottle and Kingsley, and it first appeared in Episode 1004. I assume this comes from a CTW file of some sort, but the vagueries weighed against other data bring up a mixed collection of information.

My research for this song brings up the following options in ASCAP which, from their titles, all match the themes of the song: 498091599 (Bloomfield and Hardwick), 332547856 (Kingsley and Merkin), 498097155 (Conner, Tyson and Brown), and 332461073 (Pottle).

The best way I can think of handling it given our lack of information is to create a page for "Cooperation Makes It Happen" based on the repeated chorus of the song. It's the most likely search phrase for this well-remembered song, and we have at least three episode on the wiki where we can confirm the song appears (1004 excluded, since we don't know what version is being used there). We leave the composers credits open for now until a verifiable source comes along, but at least we've got a page for it.

The CTW Archives are great, but I guess this is one of the few occassions where it causes more confusion than help. Thoughts? —Scott (talk) 20:46, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Listening to the song by AMs led by Jim Henson (YouTube link above) again, it looks like that one is "Street Garden Cooperation" (498091599) as evidenced by the emphasis on making a street garden. So that eliminates one out of the equation, but it still leaves the other three as possible candidates for this entry (again, presumably) from the CTW Archives. Anyone know for sure what the sources are for that? Danny? —Scott (talk) 18:42, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

If it helps, this is the Conner, Tyson, and Brown version. The last one, by Pottle alone, is described as "Chaplin Park Bench Cooperation", so it was likely used for a studio insert. That eliminates two more, but I can't find anything about the Pottle/Kingsley song. ASCAP and BMI do not list it. -- MuppetDude 20:22, 18 March 2008 (UTC)